Louise Hay Quotes

I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. "Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege."

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me. The horse is out of the barn... In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am.

The older you get, the more you should learn to love life and appreciate the beauty that comes with age.

'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.

I love getting older.

I didn't fear old age. I was just becoming increasingly aware of the fact that the only people who said old age was beautiful were usually twenty-three years old.

The most important thing is growing old gracefully.

You have to embrace getting older.

My age makes all my wrinkles and gray hair make sense.

I do not ask to be young again; all I want is to go on getting older.

You can't get old without living.

As time goes by and you're getting older and stuff like that - getting older sucks. You know, I hear all this crap about, 'Oh, you can age with dignity.' Really?

I'm very proud of my well-earned wrinkles, so show 'em.

It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

I've elected to age gracefully.

I'm more relaxed about life now that I'm older. I like it, despite the wrinkles. It's what I feel inside that's precious.

I'm not afraid to play my age. I never was. I've never been an ingenue. I like getting older.

All of my friends are my age and we are all ageing at the same time. We talk about it and moan, but it doesn't bother me.

I don't mind my age.

I believe in aging gracefully.

I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I've no desire to look as though I'm in my 20s.

We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be.

I think it's nice to age gracefully. OK, you lose the youth, a certain stamina and dewy glow, but what you gain on the inside as a human being is wonderful: the wisdom, the acceptance and the peace of mind. It's a fair exchange.

Getting older has been a bonus for me. I feel lucky that parts are being written for someone my age and I am around to play them.

I love getting older!